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How Marinus Analytics uses knowledge graphs powered by Amazon Neptune to combat human trafficking

DEPLOYMENT: Not a pilot. Marinus Analytics deployed AI-powered knowledge graphs to combat human trafficking at scale.

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This demonstrates how specialized AI applications can tackle critical social issues while showcasing enterprise deployment of knowledge graph technology for pattern recognition in unstructured data.

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  1. Uses Amazon Neptune knowledge graphs

  2. Analyzes sexual trafficking ads posted daily on internet

  3. Leverages AWS machine learning technologies

  4. Traffic Jam platform finds patterns in trafficker advertisements

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Publisher excerpt: Traffic Jam leverages machine learning technologies from Amazon Web Services to find patterns in ads posted by sexual traffickers on the internet every day.
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